Feeling So Much Better!!!

Good Evening!

I am feeling so much better today! Ah it feels good not to be stuck in bed all day with absolutely no energy at all. Especially with an awful stuffed up nose and cough. Yuck, I hate being sick.

So I actually got some work done today YAY!!! Not on my Pokemon Cross Stitch but on a bookmark that I kind of started a while ago. I started the border and got about one and a half squares done before I started to work on something else. Now I'm going to finish it up and post it in my store as soon as it's finished.

There is what I have done so far and my pattern I drew up beside it. For the pattern I found some graph paper at Staples that was perfect for drawing up Cross Stitch designs. Let me find the package to see what size it is. It says it is 10 : 1" and it is the perfect size fro drawing up new designs. I only wish the graph went all the way to the edges of the paper instead of being in a box. I may look for some other kinds as soon as I use up the paper I have now. Here is what the package looks like.

At first I tried to use regular graph paper but the squares were way too big and the patterns always looked distorted and used up way too much paper. Then until I found this stuff I just drew extra lines with a pencil in between each line in the regular graph paper. That seemed to work but every time you messed up and had to erase something you had to draw your lines back in and it is much easier to see the squares using this paper instead.

First I draw up my design and then I line it with a black liner pen. Even if I don't use black in the stitch I always draw it in with the black liner pen. Then I colour it in with whatever colours I think would look nice. After that or when I am about to stitch it I choose the embroidery floss colours I want to use and note them down on the pattern. I only use DMC embroidery floss. I tried using some no name from Wal-Mart and it was horrible and rough stuff. I like how nice and soft the DMC colours are. I love opening up my drawer and seeing all of the pretty colours staring at me.

Well that is all for now. I wanted to get this stitch done before I go to sleep because I have an awesome idea for a cute cupcake bookmark next. I have a lot of ideas floating in my head and not enough time in the day to do them all.

XOXO

Tara.